America Colombia Abelardo De La Espriella has become the new president-elect of Colombia in a tight run-off; the far-right lawyer was openly backed by US President Trump
Africa Angola In December 2023, APOPO, with over two decades of history in humanitarian mine action, reached an extraordinary milestone by achieving a total of 100 million square metres of landmines cleared over the years
Europe Austria The pigments in 12 million-year-old fossil snail shells from Austria are the oldest preserved dyes of the polyene group, as scientists from the Natural History Museum in Vienna and the University of Göttingen have shown
Asia Brunei The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines said it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Intellectual Property Office of Brunei Darussalam to outsource patent services
Oceania Fiji The newly built hospital in Rotuma was officially handed over to the Ministry of Health by the military forces of the Republic of Fiji and is now ready to serve the public
Asia Afghanistan The Afghan power company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat settled a two-year debt with Uzbekistan for the supply of electricity
Europe Andorra The entity running the canteen at the French school in Sant Julià will go bankrupt due to financial difficulties it has been unable to remedy
America Antigua and Barbuda The Department of Youth Affairs launched its inaugural Entrepreneurship EDGE programme, aimed at empowering young people and improving their entrepreneurial skills
Africa Djibouti The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation signed a USD 90 million Master Murabaha agreement for the Republic of Djibouti, with the International Hydrocarbons Company of Djibouti as executing agency
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Minister of the Environment of Guinea-Bissau, Viriato Luis Soares Cassamá, presented the candidature of a group of islands in the Bijagós archipelago to become a World Heritage Site at the Unesco headquarters in Paris
Asia Vietnam The government has introduced incentives to encourage investment in the development of hi-tech parks, which will be eligible for investment incentives equivalent to those applied to locations with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions
America Barbados Nearly 500 students are participating in the pilot phase of the Ministry of Energy and Enterprise's National Financial Literacy Expansion Programme, underway in seven secondary and six primary schools
Asia Cyprus Cyprus property sales fell by 3% in January 2024 compared to the same month last year according to official Land Registry sales statistics
Africa Comoros The results of the last examination for teachers in November 2023 are still awaited by the many candidates who sat it